toss-up

1. 1.

   an unpredictable phenomenon

   “it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose”

   Synonymstossupeven chance

   Broaderluck

Questions about toss-up

What does toss-up mean?

toss-up means "an unpredictable phenomenon".

How many syllables are in toss-up?

toss-up has 2 syllables: tos-s-up. The stress falls on "tos".

What is another word for toss-up?

Close synonyms include tossup, even chance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toss-up a common word?

toss-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.